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Gold Soars to Record Highs: Shutdown Chaos, Rate Cuts, and Global Tensions Fuel Rally

Oct 07, 2025 12:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Gold priceshit a fresh all-time high on safe-haven demand. It hit ahigh of $3976.93and is currently trading around $3967.93. Encouraging economic instability and postponing important data releases, the US government...

GENIUS Act Unleashes Stablecoin Boom: Solana Challenges Ethereum's Throne

Oct 07, 2025 11:27 am UTC| Digital Currency Insights & Views

By presenting the first complete U.S. federal law, the GENIUS Act, signed into law by President Trump on July 18, 2025, has transformed the stablecoin scene. Regulation framework for payment stablecoins: Licensing for...

USDCHF Stalls in Tight Range: Technicals Signal Potential Downside Break

Oct 07, 2025 11:17 am UTC| Insights & Views

USDCHF has traded in a narrow range between 0.80070 and 0.79287 for the past five days.Currently trading at 0.79730, it reached a peak of 0.79830. Technical Analysis Points to FurtherWeakness The pair is...

Goldman Sachs Raises 2026 Gold Price Forecast to $4,900 Amid Strong ETF and Central Bank Demand

Oct 07, 2025 03:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Goldman Sachs has revised its gold price outlook, raising its December 2026 forecast to $4,900 per ounce from a previous estimate of $4,300. The investment bank attributes this bullish revision to surging Western...

Markets Defy Shutdown Chaos: Record Highs, Gold's Rally, and Economic Uncertainty

Oct 06, 2025 02:08 am UTC| Economy Insights & Views

Financial markets have shown great resilience despite the government shutdown, with the stock market reaching fresh highs. Driven by optimism in several industries, the SP 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Russell...

Services Stagnation Shock: ISM PMI Hits Neutral 50 Amid Shutdown Storm

Oct 03, 2025 14:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views

With a two-point drop, the US ISM Services PMI for September 2025 came in at a tenuous 50.0, thereby stalling the industrys growth. by a wide margin from 52.0 in August and predicted 51.8 by missing economist predictions....

Shutdown Shadows: NFP Data in Limbo as Fed Watches Warily

Oct 03, 2025 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Release under Siege of NFP The highly expected Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report has been thrown into disarray by the US government shutdown, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) staggers along with a skeleton crew under...

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Economy

Asian Currencies Hold Firm as Dollar Rebounds on Fed Chair Nomination Hopes

Asian currencies traded in a narrow range on Friday as the U.S. dollar rebounded modestly from a near four-year low, following comments from U.S. President Donald Trump that he would announce his nominee for the next...

Canada’s Trade Deficit Jumps in November as Exports Slide and Firms Diversify Away From U.S.

Canada recorded a sharp increase in its monthly international trade deficit in November as merchandise exports fell significantly, highlighting ongoing challenges tied to trade diversification and U.S. tariff uncertainty....

U.S. Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions to Boost American Investment After Maduro Ouster

The Trump administration has eased select sanctions on Venezuelas oil industry, signaling a major policy shift aimed at encouraging U.S. investment following the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro earlier this...

Oil Prices Surge Toward Biggest Monthly Gains in Years Amid Middle East Tensions

Oil prices are heading for their largest monthly gains in years as escalating Middle East tensions fuel concerns over potential supply disruptions, particularly involving Iran, one of the worlds largest OPEC producers....

Indonesia Stocks Face Fragile Sentiment After MSCI Warning and Market Rout

Indonesia stocks are set for a cautious start as investor sentiment remains fragile following a sharp market selloff triggered by concerns raised by MSCI. The Jakarta Composite Index suffered its steepest two-day decline...

Politics

Panama Supreme Court Voids CK Hutchison Port Concessions, Raising Geopolitical and Trade Concerns

Panamas Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional the port concession contracts held by Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings (HK:0001), effectively voiding its rights to operate two of...

Trump Threatens Aircraft Tariffs as U.S.-Canada Jet Certification Dispute Escalates

U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified trade tensions with Canada by announcing the decertification of Bombardier Global Express business jets and threatening steep new tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft. In a...

Trump Warns UK and Canada Against Deepening Business Ties With China

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to the United Kingdom and Canada over expanding business cooperation with China, describing such moves as very dangerous during a recent public appearance. His...

Faith Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill During Protest Against Trump Immigration Policies and ICE Funding

Dozens of faith leaders were arrested on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after staging a protest against President Donald Trumps immigration policies and calling for funding restrictions on U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Democrats Question Intelligence Chief’s Role in FBI Georgia Election Raid

Top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House intelligence committees are demanding answers after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present during a recent FBI raid on an election facility in Georgia, an...

Science

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Technology

Apple Faces Margin Pressure as Memory Chip Prices Surge Amid AI Boom

Apple is beginning to feel the strain from rapidly rising memory chip prices, a challenge that is expected to intensify in the current quarter as the global semiconductor market pivots toward artificial intelligence...

Apple Earnings Beat Expectations as iPhone Sales Surge to Four-Year High

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) delivered a strong fiscal first-quarter 2026 earnings report, comfortably beating Wall Street expectations on both profit and revenue, driven by its strongest iPhone sales growth in more than four...

OpenAI Reportedly Eyes Late-2026 IPO Amid Rising Competition and Massive Funding Needs

OpenAI is reportedly accelerating preparations for a potential initial public offering (IPO), with plans to go public by the fourth quarter of 2026, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing people familiar with the...

Sandisk Stock Soars After Blowout Earnings and AI-Driven Outlook

Sandisk shares surged more than 15% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the data storage and memory solutions company delivered a fiscal second-quarter earnings report that significantly exceeded Wall Street...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Explores Merger Options With Tesla or xAI, Reports Say

Elon Musks SpaceX is reportedly exploring potential merger and consolidation options with Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) or artificial intelligence startup xAI, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the...